I was hearing "yaheard!" show with Ritzy, Kano, Shane Jessup and Sket1, and in some point Shane mention that he likes to do his pieces for custom shows kinda child oriented, because he thinks that in the end we are making toys, and the kids will be the the future artists and fans of the whole movement of the art toy, so for me it make lot of sense that, so that's why i decide to make this custom, not as weird looking or ugly as my characters use tobe, so this guys is more friendly looking, more naive, and yes its more for the kids to like, ireally can imagine a 6 years old kid playing around with this baby lucha bear, so i hope thishelps to bring a new breed of art toy fans... the kids. :)

Im so thrilled that im nominated on two categories of the Designer Toy Awards Best customizer and Break Through Artist of the year (3 nominations if i count my participation on the Jeff Lamm, Greasebat that i sculpt, nominated as Best Toy of the year!)

Will be hard to win and i really I aint expecting to, but its a honor just to be there among such big names and talented friends.

Wont be easy for the board of professional judges! almost 50 names from all of the art toy scene, from Kid Robot founder Paul Budnitz, Toy2R founder Raymond Choy, thru artists like Nathan Jurevicious, Ron English, Madl, Brandt Peters, Huck Gee, SketOne, Jesse Hernandez, Brian Flynn, Tim Tsui , Eric So and many more from galleries, and expert bloggers.

Official Info:

Clutter Magazine is very excited to announce the first annual International Designer Toy Awards (DTA) - Hosted in San Diego, California at the SDCC 2011.

The Designer Toy Awards celebrates the creativity, innovation and artistic excellence in the Art Toy market, which after more than a decade has not only become a prominent and legitimate form of artistic and commercial expression, it is one of the leaders in global trendsetting. This award ceremony will celebrate the best of the industry’s artists, designers, customizers and manufacturers, as well as honoring those involved in championing Art Toys throughout the world.

The awards will have two components. First, a carefully selected board of professional artists, producers and impresarios will choose a group of nominations from the many designs released over the past year.

And secondly, there are an entire group of awards chosen by YOU! Yes thats right, The DTA PUBLIC awards feature special categories that are open to the general public for popular voting. Stay tuned for more details!